Quick review: identify this stage of the diploid cell cycle.

Defined: Process where the chromosome number is reduced by half Gametes created (egg, sperm, pollen) End Result: Four Haploid Cells

Same process (G1, S, G2) –Chromatin duplicated

Synthesis (S stage)

Similar as mitosis, except… Two Events: –1) Synapsis: Pairing of homologous chromosomes –Dad’s #1 chromosome pairs with Mom’s #1, etc… –The four paired chromatids equals a TETRAD –2) Crossing Over: Exchange of genes

Early Prophase

Synapsis: Homologous chromosomes align

Homologous chromosomes (tetrads) align along cell equator

Homologous chromosomes are pulled apart to opposite ends –Tetrads separated

Cytokinesis divides the cells Each cell contains 1 of the homologous chromosomes (23 total)

Same as mitosis Note: No new DNA was created (no 2 nd interphase)

Remaining chromosomes are aligned at cell equator

Chromatids are pulled to opposite ends

Nucleus reforms on the four new cells Cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm Chromatids uncoil End Result: Four haploid cells

Defined: Production of sperm cells  in male testes Meiosis produces four haploid sperm cells at a time

Defined: Production of the egg cell (ovum) –In female ovaries During meiosis I: Cytoplasm distributed unequally After meiosis II: –1 cell matures –3 “Polar Bodies” dissolve

Division of somatic cells Ex: Blood cells, skin cells, nerve cells… End Result: 2 Diploid Cells Importance: Replaces aging cells Importance: Form of asexual reproduction Division of gametes Ex: Sperm and Egg cells End Result: 4 Haploid cells Importance: Reduces the gamete chromosome number by half

Kobe Kuiz 1) Name three ways that meiosis and mitosis differ. 2) Pick a stage of meiosis…any stage. Describe what happens in it. 3) What type of cells does meiosis create? 4) What are homologous chromosomes? 5) When do homologous chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell? 6) When do chromatids move to opposite ends of the cell? 7) Why is no DNA created in meiosis 2? 8) How does meiosis differ in males vs. females?